Posts by Tom Pittard

HARD Summer adds to 2025 line-up

Taking place at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, HARD Summer returns from Saturday 2-Sunday 3 August.

Shambala completes line-up for 2025

Taking place between 21-24 August at a secret location near Market Harborough, Shambala is back for its 25th anniversary.

Pohoda Festival reveals this year’s line-up

Transforming Trenčín Airport into a festival site, Pohoda returns to Slovakia from Thursday 10-Saturday 12 July.

No Bounds festival announces phase one of 2025 line-up

No Bounds festival returns to Sheffield from Friday 10-Sunday 12 October.

Kappa FuturFestival announces stage splits for 2025

Italy’s Kappa FuturFestival has announced the stage splits for this year’s edition, which will take place from 4-6 July in Turin. 

Southbank Centre announces further events for Little Simz’ Meltdown

Meltdown will run this summer from Thursday 12-Sunday 22 June, with shows from The Streets, Ghetts, Little Simz and more.

SHAPE+ announces programme as part of Unsound’s Ephemera festival

From June 11-15, SHAPE+ returns to Warsaw for Unsound’s Ephemera festival with a programme of live performances and educational workshops.

Le Guess Who? announces guest curators and first 100 artists for 2025

Le Guess Who? returns to Utrecht this year from 6-9 November.

In Photos: Figura – Seeing in Dreams

From 9-10 May, Figura’s Seeing In Dreams took over London’s The Lower Third and HERE at Outernet for two days of showcases from PAN, Accidental Meetings and more.

Skaņu Mežs Festival reveals first names for 2025 programme

SHAPE+ affiliated festival Skaņu Mežs Festival returns to Riga, Latvia, from 3-4 October.

Semibreve Festival announces first wave of artists for 2025

The 15th edition of Semibreve returns to Braga from 23-26 October.

Block9 announces programme for 2025

Block9 returns to Glastonbury from 25-29 June this year with a new Daytime Block Party.

MUTEK Montréal reveals full line-up for 2025 programme

MUTEK Montréal has completed the line-up for its 2025 programme, which will take place from Tuesday 19 August to Sunday 24 August.

Detroit’s Movement Festival completes line-up for 2025

Detroit’s Movement Festival returns to Hart Plaza from 24-26 May.

Polifonic announces full line-up for its 2025 programme

The seventh edition of Polifonic Puglia returns from 23-27 July in Valle D’Itria with Batu, CCL and more on the line-up.

James K and Pavel Milyakov set to play midsummer prelude concert for Solstice Festival

The prelude concert will take place in Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church on 11 June.

Athens Epidaurus Festival announces Arca live show

Athens Epidaurus Festival celebrates its 70th anniversary this year with a Greek debut from Arca on 31 May.

SHAPE+ announces showcases at Cafe OTO, Jogja Noise Bombing, and JellyZone

The EU-funded platform looks to foster creativity through performance initiatives, collaborative residencies, and networking events.

FIGURA reveals line-up for Seeing in Dreams

This summer FIGURA presents Seeing in Dreams – an interdisciplinary and modular programme that challenges tradition by bringing together diverse art forms.

South Facing adds Central Cee to the line-up for Big Smoke Festival 2025

The Skepta-curated festival returns from 9-10 August this year.

Monheim Triennale announces schedule for The Festival 2025

The third and final instalment of the second edition of the Monheim Triennale will take place from 2-6 July.

FIBER Festival announces names and theme for 2025

The 10th anniversary edition of the festival explores the theme of wildness.

Cue Points: Dr Banana

This is Cue Points, a series where DJs get granular with current tracks in their sets, giving us the low-down on what makes them work.

In Photos: Sónar Lisboa 2025

Sónar Lisboa’s 2025 highlights included sets from Jeff Mills, Modeselektor, Josh Caffé, Bitter Babe, DJ Firmeza b2b Nick León and more.

MEO Kalorama Festival completes this year’s line-up

The festival returns to Lisbon for its fourth edition from 19-21 June.